Cruz vs. Aldo

[The Sandmen]

Dominick Cruz looks calm but knows he has a tough fight coming up.
Jose Aldo looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
Jose Aldo comes with a 2 fight losing streak.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.

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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!


Jose Aldo fakes a punch and launches himself over Dominick Cruz
Great move by Aldo who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch


The fighters are clinching.
Dominick Cruz tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Aldo is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Dominick Cruz gets sloppy and Jose Aldo tries to take advantage...
Jose Aldo postures up and launches another series of punches!
Cruz pushes his opponent forward and blocks most of Jose Aldo's offensive.


Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Jose Aldo slightly pushes Cruz into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.


The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz throws a looping right hand...
Aldo moves aside and dodges.
Poorly executed technique. Jose Aldo looks to counter!
Aldo moves forward looking for some action
Dominick Cruz doesn't want to engage and backpedals


Dominick Cruz just won't stop and continues to rain punches
Aldo may be in trouble!


Dominick Cruz launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Aldo's knee!


Aldo fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Dominick Cruz didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!


Jose Aldo is in open guard over Cruz
Cruz tries to close his guard around Aldo
He succeeds!


Jose Aldo is in closed guard over Cruz
Aldo tries to escape from the closed guard
Jose Aldo any adventage in the ground.


Jose Aldo is in closed guard over Cruz
Aldo is in closed guard... Cruz tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Jose Aldo!


Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Jose Aldo
Jose Aldo tries to roll on the ground...
Cruz knows how to keep his advantage on the ground.
Aldo misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Dominick Cruz tries to better his position on the ground...
Cruz is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!


Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Jose Aldo
As the fight continues it seems that Dominick Cruz is taking the best of the fight.
Dominick Cruz hovers above Aldo
Good punches to Aldo's body.


Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Jose Aldo
Jose Aldo launches a few punches to Cruz's cheek from the guard.
Dominick Cruz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.


Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Jose Aldo
Jose Aldo tries to roll to his side and trap Dominick Cruz in his guard...
Dominick Cruz keeps good control and remains in full mount.


Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Jose Aldo
Dominick Cruz takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Jose Aldo shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Jose Aldo breaks that americana attempt!
Poorly executed technique. Jose Aldo looks to counter!
Jose Aldo tries to roll to his side and trap Dominick Cruz in his guard...
Dominick Cruz keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Herb Dean stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.


Aldo throws a low kick
Dominick Cruz blocks.
Aldo clumsily fails here and it's time for Dominick Cruz to fight back!
A wicked punch by Dominick Cruz
goes awry.


The clock says 3:05 in the 1 round
Jose Aldo tries to bring the fight to the ground
Cruz goes down.


Jose Aldo is in open guard over Cruz
Cruz tries to close his guard around Aldo
He is not able to do it


The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Jose Aldo is in open guard over Cruz
Aldo tries to improve position.
Cruz adjusts and closes his guard.
Aldo misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Cruz tries to close his guard around Aldo
He succeeds!


Jose Aldo is in closed guard over Cruz
Jose Aldo tries to pass Dominick Cruz's guard...
Jose Aldo manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.


Jose Aldo is in half guard over Cruz
Aldo is trying to better his position on the ground and launches a couple of elbows against Cruz's ribs.
Cruz blocks Jose Aldo's moves and tries to reverse the situation.


Jose Aldo is in half guard over Cruz
Jose Aldo pushes Cruz's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Cruz rolls and he's now on half guard over Jose Aldo. Nice reversal.


Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Aldo
Aldo measures the resilience of Cruz's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Cruz blocks the hits as he works on the ground.


Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Aldo
Aldo measures the resilience of Cruz's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Cruz blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Herb Dean has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.


Both fighters circle around the center of the cage.


The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
Cruz fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Aldo sprawls and remains on his feet.


Dominick Cruz takes a few seconds to recover his breath...


A right hand from Jose Aldo
gets deflected.


Not a desiderable position that Aldo is in now. Dominick Cruz is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Cruz feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
what a crushing shot!
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
I can't give the advantage to either fighter in that round.



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Round 2
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0:14 Round 2 and Cruz is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Dominick Cruz tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Aldo's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!


Brutal-looking high kick from Jose Aldo!
Cruz dodges!
Poorly executed technique. Dominick Cruz looks to counter!
Brilliant combination from Dominick Cruz
that forces Aldo to try and defend better.
Aldo is out! Aldo is out! Dominick Cruz has ended this fight in highlight reel fashion!

Winner is Dominick Cruz by KO (Punches) at 0:33 Round 2

Statistics: Dominick Cruz
Punches 9/13 (69%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 3/3 (100%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 144 s

Statistics: Jose Aldo
Punches 0/1 (0%)
Kicks 0/2 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/5 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/9 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 144 s


Probably should have been a better fight. Flash KO for the win. Cruz had the advantage before that and for much of the fight anyways, and would probably have won anyways, but still.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Well, atleast I got one on this abomination of a card...

[xx - Team GAP]

next up rousey..in exhibition fight to the death.. right Sandmen?

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jun 30, 2013 0:36:35 GMT -5 xx - Team GAP said:

next up rousey..in exhibition fight to the death.. right Sandmen?

Wrong GAP. Cruz is in a tournament now; just as Rousey was put into one right after we'd agreed to the fight and the terms. It just looks to me like Sandman's not going to sim that fight particular unless it counts on their official records. So I guess we're not going to see that fight any time soon since I'm not pulling one of my best fighter out of a tournament for a nothing fight like that, just as Cannon didn't with Rousey, nor am I willing to have that fight count on either fighters records. Again, to me, it makes no sense to have it count since neither are allowed to compete in the other's division, so it's completely pointless to count it. Not to mention the fact that Rousey is next in line to take a shot at Kaufman, and it wouldn't be fair to Cannon to do the fight until after that anyways, if at all. Cuz if she ends up getting injured in that fight she'd have to wait til she comes back to get her title shot again.

If it does happen, fine. If it doesn't, just as fine. Cuz it's not exactly a top priority fight on my list of things to do. I just think it'd be an interesting fight, if it happens at some point.

[xx - Camp Cannon]

Jun 30, 2013 13:26:02 GMT -5 xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club said:

Jun 30, 2013 0:36:35 GMT -5 xx - Team GAP said:

next up rousey..in exhibition fight to the death.. right Sandmen?

Wrong GAP. Cruz is in a tournament now; just as Rousey was put into one right after we'd agreed to the fight and the terms. It just looks to me like Sandman's not going to sim that fight particular unless it counts on their official records. So I guess we're not going to see that fight any time soon since I'm not pulling one of my best fighter out of a tournament for a nothing fight like that, just as Cannon didn't with Rousey, nor am I willing to have that fight count on either fighters records. Again, to me, it makes no sense to have it count since neither are allowed to compete in the other's division, so it's completely pointless to count it. Not to mention the fact that Rousey is next in line to take a shot at Kaufman, and it wouldn't be fair to Cannon to do the fight until after that anyways, if at all. Cuz if she ends up getting injured in that fight she'd have to wait til she comes back to get her title shot again.

If it does happen, fine. If it doesn't, just as fine. Cuz it's not exactly a top priority fight on my list of things to do. I just think it'd be an interesting fight, if it happens at some point.

CHICKEN SHIT

[The Sandmen]

Jun 30, 2013 13:26:02 GMT -5 xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club said:

Not to mention the fact that Rousey is next in line to take a shot at Kaufman, and it wouldn't be fair to Cannon to do the fight until after that anyways, if at all. Cuz if she ends up getting injured in that fight she'd have to wait til she comes back to get her title shot again.

Both fighters could get injured in an exhibition fight too. Having it be a time-waster fight, i mean...exhibition fight, changes nothing in that respect.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jun 30, 2013 16:13:14 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Jun 30, 2013 13:26:02 GMT -5 xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club said:

Not to mention the fact that Rousey is next in line to take a shot at Kaufman, and it wouldn't be fair to Cannon to do the fight until after that anyways, if at all. Cuz if she ends up getting injured in that fight she'd have to wait til she comes back to get her title shot again.

Both fighters could get injured in an exhibition fight too. Having it be a time-waster fight, i mean...exhibition fight, changes nothing in that respect.

It's a time-waster fight anyways that proves nothing and does nothing for either fighter in the rankings, nor is it of any benefit to the league either way, so therefore it shouldn't count towards their records either. As I've said many times, the fight I find would be interesting just to see, but in my mind it taints both the women's and the LW divisions to have it count towards their records and I wouldn't agree to a fight that did because of that. It has nothing to do with not wanting the fight or not taking the fight. I'm fully willing to do it if neither fighter is doing anything for a stretch and not up for a belt or in a tournament or something. It's not fair to the league nor is it fair to the two fighters in question.

If you don't like my views and/or don't agree with them, I really don't care and it's not my problem. Just as I'm fine with your opinion on the matter. But at the end of the day, an exhibition fight has already been agreed to by both myself & Cannon, and it will be contested when the time permits it, the fighters are available and when/if Sandman decides to sim it. End of story.

[The Sandmen]

Did you guys agree to rules, rounds,etc?

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jul 1, 2013 3:25:27 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Did you guys agree to rules, rounds,etc?

Oh enough, Sandman. Standard fight; 5 Rounds. Don't be a fucking douche bag.

[The Sandmen]

Funny you say words like "standard" and "5 rounds", since exhibition fights are not 5 round, "standard" fights.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jul 1, 2013 14:30:30 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Funny you say words like "standard" and "5 rounds", since exhibition fights are not 5 round, "standard" fights.

See this is exactly what I'm talking about when I tell you to remove that rather large stick from your piku and stop being a douche bag. If you're not going to sim it, then don't. I really don't care anymore. It's honestly become less and less interesting because of your attitude about it.

I'm constantly getting accused by you of not putting the league first, but when I do because I believe that something would be more a of detriment to the league than a benefit, you treat me like this and shun me for it. So, fuck you... sim it as an exhibition at some point or don't sim it... I honestly don't even care if it happens anymore cuz all you're doing is being a horse's ass about it and taking all the fun out of it. And there's no point in even doing it if it's not fun, now is there? Good work Sandman. Way to put the site first.

[The Sandmen]

Poll the league and see if the league gives a shit about this fight. Doing or not doing this fight has nothing to do with "the league" - it's about YOUR fighter. But hey, you tried, right?

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Jul 1, 2013 15:16:25 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Poll the league and see if the league gives a shit about this fight. Doing or not doing this fight has nothing to do with "the league" - it's about YOUR fighter. But hey, you tried, right?

No, it's about the league and the 2 divisions that the fighters fight in, that's it. You can try and twist it into whatever the fuck you want to, like you always do... I don't care. The bottomline is that I'm not going to be bullied into something that I don't believe is right to do for the league; not by you or by Cannon. So you can forget it. It's exhibition or nothing because neither can compete in the other's weight class, so it's ridiculous to count the fight against either of their records. That's my belief. That's my opinion. And that's my conviction. If you don't like it, not my problem.

[The Sandmen]

Still old news, bro. No one has mentioned making it a real fight. All I asked you was if you and Cannon agreed to the round length, etc. Your argumentative, insecure nature made that some kind of shot at you, and thus we continued this childish debacle.

I'm done with this nonsense, continue babbling in this thread if you feel fit. It's been boring for days now. Find something fun or positive to say or do. This, "everyone is against me, I am a Jesus-like rebel" act you do is old and really boring.

[Lord Byron's Conquistadors]

shut up